[barters81]

So....how do you do it?

Generally speaking I leave my mics on top of drums in the positive phase, and anything underneath or behind the drum is in negative so I flip it. This would mean that the conventional method of micing a kick would be 'behind' the drum and would require a phase flip.

From this point on, as I'm placing my overheads depending on where they sound good, I'll experiment with phase flipping on them after the recording. I generally use a xy placement of the OVs so they are in phase with each other.

I'm not saying this is the right thing to do, maybe its the wrong thing....hence why I'm asking the question.

P.S - the best thing I've ever done for my drum recordings is to test each mic and cable to ensure they're in the same positive phase as each other. As in pin 1 = hot etc. Its amazing how cables aren't wired up correctly.